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Santo8742:
It has come time in my construction to purchase the glass and glass substitutes for my arcade machine. I just want to get some opinions from people who have already been through this stage. I found a local glass store down the road from my house and they quoted me a price of $28.82 of a sheet of clear plexiglass with the measurements of 48"x18" and $48.80 for a sheet of Lexan with the same measurements. My question is are these fair prices and is Lexan that much easier to work with to justify paying twice as much?

The price they quoted me for a 1/4" thick sheet of smoked glass 26"x24" was $31.69 also they gave me the option of bronze or gray as colors, I want gray right? Thanks for the help in advance.
MYX:
Yes, grey.

Check your local glass dealers (The folks who do windows) ask about tempered glass. I got my piece (25 x 19) for $25 tinted.
Ghoward:
Go with Tempered glass, I used plexi on my first cab and ended up replacing it as the plexi had some fine lines in it that showed up bad when the monitor was turned on.

Gary
Angry_Radish:
I got a piece of 25 x 25 greylite 14 for about $45 at a local glass shop here.
It took awhile to find shops that actually knew what the hell greylite was, much less supply it.
Best advice I can offer is to call ALL of the shops by you, the price quotes I got varied from $45 to about $100, all for the same size piece.
KonkeyKong:
I agree with the Angry Radish, Greylite 14 is the way to go. I got a 28 x 31 piece fo $40 at the local glass store (Iowa)  It may look way too dark at first, but it'll hide a lot of construction imperfections, and when the monitor/T.V. shines through it is perect and has a sweet filtering effect that reminds me totally of the old school games I used to play back in the 80's.
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